This work provides a follow-up to the article Walkability Index for Elderly Health: A Proposal, published in 2020. Previous research linked quality of public spaces, walkability characteristics relevant older people, and direct health benefits walking same target group. The present article, on other hand, aims validate conceptual design index elderly (WIEH), developed by authors previous study,...

The design of suburban communities encourages car dependency and discourages walking, characteristics that have been implicated in the rise of obesity. Walkability measures have been developed to capture these features of urban built environments. Our objective was to examine the individual and combined associations of residential density and the presence of walkable destinations, two of the mo...

OBJECTIVES This study uses a mixed methods approach to 1) identify surrounding residents' perceived expectations for Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) policy on physical activity outcomes and to 2) quantitatively examine the odds of neighborhood-based physical activity pre-/post-HOPE VI in a low socioeconomic status, predominantly African American community in Birmingham, Al...

Abstract. The walkable city concept is an extent to which the built environment motivates people walk by providing comforting pedestrian ways, linking various amenities in a fair amount of time and effort. Currently, implementation walkability limited something "nice know about" rather than "must-have" criterion for sustainable planning. To address this issue, integration between mainstream des...

In older adults the relationships between health, fall-related risk factors, perceived neighborhood walkability, walking behavior and intervention impacts are poorly understood. To determine whether: i) health and fall-related risk factors were associated with perceptions of neighborhood walkability; ii) perceived environmental attributes, and fall-related risk factors predicted change in walki...

Body weight is an important indicator of current and future health and it is even more critical in children, who are tomorrow's adults. This paper analyzes the relationship between childhood obesity and neighbourhood walkability in Calgary, Canada. A multivariate analytical framework recognizes that childhood obesity is also associated with many factors, including socioeconomic status, foodscap...

The idea of a walkable city refers to the extent which built environment encourages people walk by establishing comfortable pedestrian routes, allows connect numerous services with reasonable effort and time. Walkability is currently regarded as “good know about” rather than “must-have” factor for sustainable development. A combination walkability standard design strategy, such generative desig...

It has been crystal clear that Gated Communities became one of the most noticeable urbanization features have recently spread massively in Egyptian Real Estate Market with expansion Greater Cairo. The phenomenon Egypt due to several motives such as developing sustainable and healthy communities. They must promote walkability their mobility network because is an essential tool implanting Sustain...